- Noah Gordon (singer)
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Noah Gordon Birth name Noah Adrian Gordon Born September 19, 1971 [1] Origin Sparta, Illinois, U.S.[1] Genres Country Occupations Singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals, guitar, mandolin, drums Years active 1995-present Labels Patriot Noah Adrian Gordon (born September 19, 1971 in Sparta, Illinois) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He had been a musician since childhood, playing mandolin and drums in his parents' band, and he began playing drums for Randy Travis at age ten.[2]
After graduating high school, Gordon signed to Liberty Records sister label Patriot Records. There, he released his debut album I Need a Break on February 7, 1995. The album produced the single "The Blue Pages," which spent three weeks on the Billboard country charts, peaking at #68.[1] Billboard gave the album a positive review, saying that its opening track "may leave you with the impression that Gordon is yet another honky-tonk pretender," but considered the other tracks to be strongly-written.[3] In January 1999, Gordon and Bryan Austin, also a former Patriot Records recording artist, founded a band called Phoenix.[4]
Gordon has written songs for other artists, including "You Still Own Me" by Johnny Reid (also released by Emerson Drive), "You Are" by John Michael Montgomery (also released by Chad Brock) and "The Call" by Matt Kennon.
Contents
Discography
Studio albums
Title Album details I Need a Break - Release date: February 7, 1995
- Label: Liberty/Patriot
Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album US Country[1] 1994 "The Blue Pages" 68 I Need a Break 1995 "I Need a Break" — Music videos
Year Video Director 1994 "The Blue Pages"[5] R. Brad Murano/Steven T. Miller 1995 "I Need a Break"[6] chris rogers [sic] References
- ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 165. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ John Bush. "Noah Gordon biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p142023/biography. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ "Album reviews". Billboard: 58. 11 March 1995. http://books.google.com/books?id=3QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT57&dq=%22noah+gordon%22+%22i+need+a+break&cd=2#v=onepage&q=%22noah%20gordon%22%20%22i%20need%20a%20break&f=false.
- ^ Fulmer, John (15 January 1999). "Bryan Austin hopes to strike country gold with new band Phoenix.". Tribune News Service. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6611037_ITM. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Noah Gordon : The Blue Pages". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/noah-gordon/384693/the-blue-pages.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Noah Gordon : I Need A Break". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/noah-gordon/384776/i-need-a-break.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
Categories:- 1971 births
- American country drummers
- American country singers
- Living people
- American mandolinists
- Musicians from Illinois
- Liberty Records artists
- People from Randolph County, Illinois
- American country singer stubs
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